Street-cleaning machine.



W. H. DODGE. STREET CLEANING MACHINE.

- APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11. 1013 1,090,034.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

.W. H. DODGE. STREET CLEANING MACHINE.

AFPLIGATION FILED AUG.11, 1913 1,090,034. Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

2 .75". m, .M az? WILLIAM H. DODGE, OF MANHATTAN, KANSAS.

SllfIREET-CLIEANING MACHINE.

. noedos ii Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 11, 1913.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 781L141.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, .lVILL'n-uu H. Donor, citizen of the United States, residing at Manhattan, in the county of Riley and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Street-Cleaning Iilachincs of which the following is o specification.

My present invention pertains to machines for cleaning asahalt and other hard and smooth roadways.

' The general object of the invention, is the provision of a machine of the character stated that is simple and inexpensive in construction, cllicient in operation. and is adapl; ed to be expeditiously and easily adjusted to take up wear as well as to enable the ma chine to operate to advantage under ditl'erent conditions.

The invention in all of its details will be.

20 fully understood from the following description and claims when the some are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specificw ,tion, in which: v i

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention that}. have as yet devised. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the machine. -Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the machine, taken in a plane above the ronnd wheels from which I prefer to take motion to drive the elevator. igi 4 is a detoil. plan of a modified gather n hereinailtter specifically referred to.

Referring by numeral to the said drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 thereof: 1 is the body of my novel machine which may be of any configuration cornpatible with the .function of the machine without ulfeetin my invention. The said body is provide at'fl with receptacle for dirt and other substance when up from a roudway; and thereeeptacl'z: is provided at El, ll igs. land with a hinge door to far cilitete reo'urval of the collected dirt and oi er suhstanye therefrom. The door 3 may obviously be normally secured in closed nosirion by'any conventional niez'ms. Fixe in "iihe body 1 and extending downwardly and :lorwardly from the upper portion of the forward wall of the receptacle 2 is an inclined well i which terminates or. its forward end in a forwardly directed portion. that extends to o. point closely adjacent the rivay or surface on; which the machine is rested.

As will be observed by reference to Fig. 2 the body is provided with side walls 6 that extend upwardly from the inclined wall l with a view to preventing the lateral escapoof dirt and other substance incidental to the raising thereof, as hereinafter described. Journoled in suitable bearings in the lower portion of the body 1 is a trunsvci" shaft 'T, and fixed on. the said shaft are ground wheels 8. Also fixed on the shaft 7 is a sprocket gear}. Suitably mounted in the body ribove the inclined wall and between the side walls 6 are drums 9 and 10, and passed around or arranged on the said drums is an endless blades 1.2. The said blades serve to move before them dirt and other substance from the platform or wall portions upwardly on and other substance in the receptacle 2. The

on the upward and rearward traverse of the same. The endless apron 11 is driven from one of the ground wheels 8 through the medium of a driving connection which preferably comprises a sprocket. gear 13 fixed with respect tothe drum l0 and a sprocket belt 14: mounted on and connecting the gears 9 and 13, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. At this point l'w'ould have it understood that the illustrated embodiment or my invention is designed to he pushed by 'a laborer or drawn by draft animals, and that in said embodi menl; I prefer as described to drive the endless apron 11 from one of the ground-wheels 8 v I would also have it uiulerstood that when my invention is uuriiuporated in a motor driven machine, as well as in a horsedrawn machine, the endless apron 1.]. may be without involving departure from the scope of my claimed invention.

By reference to Fig; .3 it will belobserved that the'transverse shaft. 7 is provided with two cranks 15 and a third crank 16, the latter being arranged intermediate of the cranks Connected to and extending for wardly from 'tho cranks 15 are rods 17, and. carried at the forward ones; of the said rods and between the said ends arranged transversely of the machine at the forward end thereof. The said scraper 18, as its name imports, is designed to scrape 01' rake dirt and other submachine is moved and assure the placing of apron ll having at intervals of its length the inclined walls l and deposit the said dirt driven by a motor carried by the machine is. a straper .18

said function is performed by the blades 12 stance from the roadway over which the provide the machanism shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In addition to the intermediate crank 16, of the shaft 7 the said mechanism comprises a vertically-rocking lever, "j ournaled in thebody-at the points21 and have ing a rear area 22 arranged underthe intermediate crank 16 and also havi-ng'forward side a ms 23 that-terminate at their forward ends in eyes 2% in which the rods 17 are loosely arranged as shown. It will be manifest that 1 during the forward stroke of: the rods 17 and the rake 18, the'cranl' 16 will depress the rear lever arm 22,.and in that way raise and maintain in 'raised' position the forward.

arms 23 of the lever and the rods 17 and k 18. 0 the rearward traverse of-them e n i in Figs. 1 to 3 rotatablebrushes may beused rake, howeven the crank '16 will be out of engagement with the lever arm'22, and. this will enable the rake 18 andi appurtenances to gravitate so -that the rearward traverse theraising of the .rake subsequently to the" of the rake will take place while the rake bears on the roadway.- This manner of op erating the rake will be apprec ated as materially advantageous when it is stated that placing of dirt by the same'on the platform 5,-leaves all of the dirt on said platform in readiness for the same tojbe elevated by the.

' blades'12 of the apron 11. Fixed with respect to the body anddisposedimniediately I under the platform 51s a blade 3.0 -wh1chhas for its function to lift from the roadway dirt or other. substance that; may have become caked on the roadway. In order to properly position the blade 30 relative to the surface of a roadway and totak. up ior compensate for wear of the said blade,-"1 mount the rear portion of the body 1 on a shaft 32 that is journaled in bearings car-- rie'dby the body and is provided at its ends with crank arms 33-011 which are mounted loosely wheels 34. Any suitable means may be employed to rockithe shaft 32 about itsaxl 'andraise or depress the rear portion of the body 1 that is fulcrumedor centered on the 1 shaftI'Z. I prefer, however, tdei'nploy for' the purposea beveled gear '35, fixed on-theshaft 32, and a beveled. 'gear;36 that is. ins.

termeshed with1the'gear-35 and-is fixed-on].

V a shaft '37, extended forwai'rdlyto a point in fiiont or the body- 1 -and there provided" with a hand wheel 38'; It-willbe manifest; that by the said hand Wheel 38 the I maehineeperateii enabled to raisel 'or lower the Whennf the body 1 and the blade-"30 omission demands.

the whitest) "to the "body- I-- r Wings 'gatherers 11; These gatherers are designed Pivoted at 4 noeo ee It will be manifest that the gatherers 4.1 can be extended outwardly -to' a greater or less extent so that the machmecan be used n 7 wide and narrow passages; and t will also be manifest that when it is desired to move 5 the machine flush against the side of a curb the gatherer 4:1 adjacent the curb may be made to attend forwardly parallel to the. side walls 6 of the body. The gatherers 41 may be adjusted and ad ustably fixed byh any suitable means without involving departure from my claimed invention. I prefer, however, to provide the 'gatherers with handles 42 possessed of resiliency, and to,

fix curvilinear racks 13 to. the body 1 in such 5 4 positions that the handles 42fc'an be sprung" .into and out of-seats in the. racks. v In. lieu of the blade-like gather'ers shown as gatherers." One of the, said. brushes is shown in Fig. 4 and numbered 41*, and by. reference to the said figure, it ,will be seen.

that the shaft of the brush is connected through-a universaljoint'50 to a shaft 51 lever is swung the brush will be swung about the center of movement 53. Two of the rotary brushes and their appurtenances I willof course. be employed, and it is to be at racks suchas the racks 43105 understood t .or any.v other suitable means maybe em? ployed to adjustably fixfthe levers 12 and;

the brushes AP in thepositions in whit: they are placed. lZVhen the machine is to be drawnby horses or driven by a'motor, it 11s "may be and" preferablyis provided at 60.

with a seat for-an operator." p l I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrange ment of the parts embraced in the present andpreferred. embodiment of any invention,

in order toimpart a full, "clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. it do not des re, howevergto be understood as pended 'claiins.

lfilavingfdescfibed 'my' invention, what I fent,is: I

1.- A street cleaningmachine'comprising a body having a platforni, a transverse shaft 13a which in turn' may be connected with the-. shaft? to derive rotary motion, from the latter. It will also be seen by reference to Fig.4 that a lever 42 similar to the levers 42 is connected through an arm 5-2 with. the

shaft of the rotary brush, so that when the we confining myself "to the said specificcon-lw .structionand relative arrangementof parts, as in the-future practice of the invention such changes or modifications may be made as fairly-fall within the" scope'of my-ap claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patjournaled in suitable bearings in the body and provided with ground wheels and also provided With cranks adjacent the ground wheels and a crank intermediate the firstnamed cranks, a transverse rakedisposed in frontoi the body, rods interposed between and connected to the first-named cranks ot' the shaft and the rake, and a vertieallya'oele ing lever tnlcrumed in the body and having a rear arm positioned for cooperation with the intermediate crank of the shaft and also having for 11rd arms terminating in eyes that loosely receive the said rods on the rake.

2. A street cleaning machine comprising a body having means to receive dirtand other substance removed from a street, a gravitating rakefor transferring dirt and other substance from a street to the said means of the body, means for reeiproeating the rake in the direction of the length of the machine, means for raising the rake preeed eat to the forward traverse thereof and for maintaining the rake in raised position during the said traverse, and means whereby the rake is released and permitted to gravitate at the completion of the forward traverse.

3. A street cleaning machine comprising a body having means to receive dirt and other substance iemoved from a street, a drive shaft in the body, a transversely arranged ralte movable forwardly and rearwardly, a driving eonneetion intermtwliate the shaft and ralte whereby the latter is reciproeated. and means actuated by the shaft for maintaining the rake in raised position during its forward travers and Ito]- releasing the rake andpermitting it to gravitate to working position at the eompletion at said traverse.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto setmy hand in presenee ot' tvvo snbsrribing \vitnesses.

WILLIAM It. DODGE.

Witnesses 

